Chapter 3 Writer’s Effect Extract

The beginning of chapter 3.

ALTHOUGH there was evening brightness showing through the windows of the bunk house, inside it
was dusk. Through the open door came the thuds and occasional clangs of a horseshoe game, and
now and then the sound of voices raised in approval or derision.

Slim and George came into the darkening bunk house together. Slim reached up over the card table
and turned on the tin-shaded electric light. Instantly the table was brilliant with light, and the cone of
the shade threw its brightness straight downward, leaving the corners of the bunk house still in dusk.
Slim sat down on a box and George took his place opposite.

Task 1: Annotating
Underline all the words in the extract that indicate light.
Highlight words that reveal auditory effects.

What other words or ideas make you feel _______ about this setting?
Comradery

Task 2: The WHY and HOW

WHY has Steinbeck used these combinations?
Explain HOW these words make you see the setting?